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India Electricity Output Misses Target

NEW DELHI— Electricity generation in India grew 5.6% in the year ended March 31, but missed the government's target, hit by coal shortages and the poor quality of coal, government data showed.

Electricity generation for the just-ended financial year rose to 811.10 billion kilowatt hours from 768.43 billion KWh a year earlier, the Central Electricity Authority website showed. The government had set a generation target of 830.76 billion KWh.